Alex Strasser (Protestant) and John Buck (Catholic) debate the merits of finite theism, the view that God is limited in power. Theistic finitism is less vulnerable to the problem of evil than perfect being theism, but are there other trade-offs that make the notion of a finite God less defensible overall?
John is defending the view that strong versions of omnipotence avoid problems of vagueness, arbitrariness, ad hocness, lack of predictive power, and complexity that limited models of God suffer from. John also thinks that a new problem of evil arises that is particular only to limited views of God.
Alex will give a cosmological argument and fine-tuning argument for finite theism, and further argue that omni-theism is not a fruitful research program due to serious issues with coherence and the analysis of omni-properties. Theistic finitism is rarely discussed in the philosophy of religion, and Alex wants to invite us to take finite theism more seriously and to investigate it carefully.
Debate: Is God Finite?
Previous limited god debate
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CA118 Testimonial Evidence
CA117 Is Theism Unfalsifiable?
CA116 Mistakes Atheists Make About Epistemology: “There is no evidence for God.”
CA115 Post-Debate Interview w/ Justin Schieber of Real Atheology
CA114 Animal Suffering is Evidence Against God
Debate: Is Animal Suffering Evidence That God Does Not Exist? w/ Perspective Philosophy
Unknown Arguments For & Against God
CA113 God’s Personality Change?
Bonus: Mormonism is More Defensible Than You Think (w/ LDS Philosophy & Thoughtful Faith)
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CA111 How to Be a Christian When You Don’t Believe It’s True w/ Randal Rauser
CA110 Addressing Popular Forms of Theism vs. the Best Forms
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CA109 Meager Moral Fruits w/ Real Atheology
CA108 Psychophysical Harmony, Physicalism, & God w/ Brian Cutter
CA107 The Participation Theodicy — w/ John Buck
CA106 One Hell of a Problem – w/ Real Atheology & Counter Apologist
Metaethics & Moral Realism w/ Michael Huemer
CA105 Responding to Trent Horn’s “5 Atheist Double Standards”
Debate Breakdown w/ Ben Burgis: Christopher Hitchens vs. David Berlinski
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